“Throughout the long process to reauthorize the Magnuson Act the RFA was consistently at the table, insisting on sound conservation policies based on the most accurate science. Their goal was clear, a sustainable fishery so that this generation of recreational fishermen and the following generations would have fish to catch. Most of the other organizations engaged in this debate had other agendas or were totally missing in action. At the end of the 109th Congress it was clear to me that the RFA was the only player left insisting on protecting the future of recreational fishing. I will always be grateful to them and respect their tenacity during what proved to be a difficult reauthorization.”

Concerned anglers rallied together at the Save the Summer Flounder Fishery Fund meeting held in Belmar, NJ on September 22, 2008 to find out what kind of progress has been made with regard to improvements with the summer flounder stock assessment since last year. Read the statement issued by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) at the meeting.

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Please view all the organizations supporting HR 5425, the Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act. If your organization is not listed, call the RFA to see how you can support this important legislation.

Watch RFA-NY Chairman, Mark Molitor and RFA Executive Director, Jim Donofrio, speak about the importance of RFA. Watch YouTube video

Fish and Fishermen are not the only variables in the equation of fisheries management. Click here to read the following article to find who has hijacked the management of our nation’s fisheries.